• enkers@sh.itjust.works
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    Let’s copy them in Canada

    This is probably much more efficient the closer you are to the equator. Not saying it’s a bad idea, but we’d have to make sure it’s economically viable before we dove in.

    It’s an interesting idea though. Kinda reminiscent of “It’s hard to beat the bandwidth of a truck full hard drives barrelling down the i95”.

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      This is trying to quickly help with a lack of electricity transnmission. Canada as a country mainly runs of hydro However some provinces ike Alberta have a lot of coal electricity. So being able to transport relativly clean hydro power to replace coal just makes sense.